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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
2
A St James Gazette report recalls a German zoo worker named Hans who tamed a cage of five fierce lions with calm persistence. His confidence let him sweep and tidy the den while the animals stayed calm, showing one man’s quiet control over untamable beasts.
A Boston scammer posed as ex Empress Carlotta and extracted £10000 from Italian residents with a confederate claiming to be Crown Prince Rudolph. They claimed to fund a coup in Vienna to depose Franz Joseph. The ruse centered on a dramatic, impossible royalty tale and fake royal escape.
A sensational tale recounts embezzlement and fraud schemes tied to an ex-empress and her court. It describes mock trials, lavish ceremonies, and the manipulation of victims to extract wealth, plus a Paris stamp forgery scheme involving a supposed Asiatic emperor and his entourage.
Walter R. Gillette testifies before the insurance committee that Mutual Life gave 40000 to the Republican national committee in 1904 and 35000 in 1900 and 15000 in 1896. He says these expenditures followed the policyholders’ interests and were approved by the company’s leadership. Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised for safety and efficacy in treating coughs, colds, and croup with retailers listed.
In Buncombe County near Barnardsville the Bly ivy Baptist Sunday school offered prizes for scripture memory. Miss Leste May Williams, 16, memorized 12 236 verses from the New Testament and parts of the Old, winning the older group, while 12 year old Misa Ella Jay Williams earned 715 verses. Over 10 000 verses were memorized in total.
William Clark admitted at Wellsburg West Virginia that he shot Joseph Anderson and placed the body to divert blame from his ally Robert Fowlkes. He said the killing was to save Fowlkes, a six year fugitive who had killed his wife in Steubenville Ohio. Anderson’s brother vows to pursue the alleged killer.
Montgomery Oct 10. A report on the Alabama cotton crop to Oct 1 by W H Seymour president of the State Cotton Growers Association shows current conditions at 67.6 compared with last year at 100. Estimated yield this year is 976 568 bales versus over a million last year. County reports indicate 75 percent of the crop open and 60 percent picked with farmers holding the staple and few sales under 10 cents.
In Hamilton Ohio on October 10 Bruce Lloyd of Oxford is seriously injured as Miami University sophomores and freshmen clash in a six hour mud soaked flag rush. The sophomores gain hose lines, imprison six girls from each class, and fail to seize the flag as the freshmen disable a pole attack with rocks and rails.
The negro cooking school, a department of the West Broad Street school, is now well under way. Added recently as an experiment, it has begun to show value and is expected to pay for itself through improved local cooking.
Macon Ga October 10 the installation of Mercer University new president Dr Charles Lee Smith is likely to draw educators from across Georgia for a November 24 ceremony at City Auditorium Macon The program lists welcome addresses by state officials university leaders and Baptist bodies with an inaugural address by Smith and a congratulatory address by Ira Remson.
Chicago reports a prisoner named Robert Gardiner charged with murder may avoid execution due to ossification of neck bones and tissues. His attorney argues the neck cannot be broken by hanging and would not cause death from the strain, citing rare medical cases.
In Evanaville Indiana Rose Anne Ridley testifies Richard Ridley would feign nightmares then strike her jaw during several months of marriage. She recounts one incident where he leapt up claiming a dream of a chicken feast and bit her arm as a drum stick. Insomnia and indigestion remedies are also noted.
The advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills clear out clogging materials in the body to restore energy, cure headache and dizziness, and offer a fresh start. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Brtgro gmo res.
In Memphis on Main street an unknown Black man, angered by taunts from boys, fired into a crowd outside the Bijou theater. Peter Davis, 14, died near the heart. Hall Burson 13 was shot in the thigh. Sarah Collins 11 was wounded in the hand.
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